Congo Masquerade The Forever Desert as the white lie she

as the white lie she told snowballs into an avalanche

and empathic novel dynamically celebrates difference

Nadine Matheson deftly explores issues of race

Her mom showed them how to think for themselves

Publication Date: July 13

Congo Masquerade The Forever Desert as the white lie sheCongo Masquerade is about mismanagement, hypocrisy and powerlessness in what has proved to be one of Africa's most troublesome and volatile states. In this scathing study of catastrophic aid inefficiency, Trefon argues that whilst others have examined war and plunder in the Great Lakes region, none have yet evaluated the imported 'template format' reform package pieced together to introduce democracy and improve the well being of ordinary Congolese.